Category Archives: British Columbia
Advance voting begins for the British Columbia provincial election on Oct. 19
VICTORIA - Keen voters in British Columbia's provincial election can start casting ballots at hundreds of advance voting locations today. Elections BC says there are 343 advance voting places, althoug...
Oct 10, 2024
BC Coroners Service says no record of fatal overdose where Rustad says he saw man die
VANCOUVER - The BC Coroners Service says it has no record of any recent drug toxicity death at a Vancouver intersection where B.C. Conservative Leader John Rustad said he saw a man die on his way to a...
Oct 09, 2024
B.C. wildlife group offers $1,000 for arrest over dead black bears found without paws
The British Columbia Conservation Officer Service says it is investigating after the bodies of two black bears with their paws removed were found in a Fraser Valley river. B.C. wildlife group, The Fur...
Oct 09, 2024
'Wired' after election debate, NDP's Eby says he'll focus on relaying improvements
RICHMOND, B.C. - British Columbia New Democrat Leader David Eby says he was "wired" and had trouble falling asleep after the televised election debate, adding that he would see his performance as succ...
Oct 09, 2024
Rents rise 2.1% in September, marking fifth straight monthly slowdown: report
TORONTO - A new report says growth in average asking rents across Canada last month slowed to the lowest rate since October 2021, at 2.1 per cent year-over-year. The report from Rentals.ca and Urbanat...
Oct 09, 2024
Condo inventory growing as sellers anticipate demand rebound: Re/Max report
TORONTO - A new report says condo inventory is on the rise in most major Canadian markets as more sellers are listing their properties in anticipation of growing demand from buyers. The report by Re/M...
Oct 09, 2024
Here are some key quotes from the B.C. party leaders' debate
The leaders of British Columbia's main parties have squared off in their only televised debate ahead of the Oct. 19 provincial election. Here are some quotes from NDP Leader David Eby, B.C. Conservati...
Oct 08, 2024
Vancouver Island man charged in hit-and-run that killed 17-year-old girl
COWICHAN VALLEY - A man from Vancouver Island is facing a criminal charge in connection to a fatal hit-and-run that killed a teenager earlier this year. The North Cowichan-Duncan RCMP says a 28-year-o...
Oct 08, 2024
B.C. man gets prison sentence, fine for using fake names to buy guns in the U.S.
MISSOULA - A U.S. District Court judge in Montana has sentenced a 27-year-old man from Kelowna, B.C., to 18 months in prison for using fake names to buy guns with the aim of selling them in Canada. A ...
Oct 08, 2024
Court finds man not justified in killing Bear the Chihuahua in Boston Bar, B.C.
CHILLIWACK, B.C. - A British Columbia provincial court judge says a Boston Bar man who shot a tea-cup Chihuahua named Bear claiming it was menacing his chickens was not justified in killing the animal...
Oct 08, 2024